Robert Sommer (writer)
Robert Sommer (* 1951 in Rotheau an der Traisen ) is an Austrian journalist and writer . He is co-founder and editor of the homeless magazine Augustin .
life and work
Sommer graduated from St. Pölten in 1970 and then moved to Vienna. He was involved in the popular initiative to dissolve the Austrian Armed Forces , which was propagated in 1971 by Wilfried Daim , Adalbert Krims , Günther Nenning and Gerhard Oberschlick . From 1973 to 1990 he was editor of the “ Volksstimme ”, from 1991 freelance journalist. In October 1995 he acted as co-founder and since then as editor of Augustin , which describes itself as the First Austrian tabloid . For years, Sommer also looked after the Augustin writing workshop for the homeless , psychiatric people , asylum seekers and those released from prison , encouraging them to write down and articulate their experiences and edit their texts with them.
In his books, Sommer writes about the Wachau , Vienna's Augartenviertel , the Gestapo prison Karajangasse and Jewish summer retreat in Bad Sauerbrunn . In his books as well as in his articles, Sommer “consciously places the memory of the persecuted and exiles against a presence of social and humane coldness”.
Awards
- 2006 Theodor Kramer Prize for writing in resistance and in exile (together with Milo Dor )
- 2012 nomination for Austrian of the year in the category humanitarian engagement
- 2018 City of Vienna Prize for Popular Education
Book publications
- with Vene Maier: The Wachau; with Strudengau. History, culture, nature, excursions, hikes and pleasant places along the river . Falter, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-85439-123-4 .
- with Walter Eckhart: It was phylloxera. The Uhudler legend . Mandelbaum, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-85476-009-4 .
- From the bottom. District work in Vienna's Augartenviertel . Uhudla, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-901561-05-6 .
- with Walter Eckhart: Uhudler legend. From outlaw wine to regional delicacies . Mandelbaum, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85476-272-0 .
- How does the edge stay on the edge: reports from everyday life of repression and exclusion . Mandelbaum, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-85476-606-3 .
- Poetry and discipline. Dieter Schrage and the underground stream of anarchy. Mandelbaum, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85476-649-0 .
Web links
- Numerous short texts in summer: All memories, slightly abridged. Context XXI, Vienna September 2018 ISSN 1028-2319 Preface Gerhard Oberschlick
proof
- ↑ a b Theodor Kramer Society , short biography of the author, accessed on February 16, 2015.
- ↑ Robert Sommer - co-founder of "Augustin". from: diepresse.com , September 28, 2012, accessed February 16, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Summer, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rotheau |